“Let me be emphatic, let me state without equivocation, I [Boakye Kyeremanteng Agyarko], I have no authority or interest in terminating somebody’s contract. No, that’s not what it is,” Agyarko said in an interview on Asempa FM, Tuesday, June 29, and monitored by GhanaWeb. “It was during my tenure but don’t say I cancelled the contract because I did not use my will or power to cancel anyone’s contract. The court subsequently awarded the company an amount of $170 million to be paid by Ghana. The Attorney General, Godfred Dame, has stated that processes are underway to thoroughly probe circumstances that led to Ghana being slapped with the $170 million judgement debt.

Source: GhanaWeb June 30, 2021 06:22 UTC